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Posts tagged ‘Jo Fidgen’

this afternoon (monday 4th), 12.06-12.29pm (repeated 6.06pm and 4.06am), on bbc world service radiooutlook (presented by jo fidgen) leads with …

“The Triplets Separated by a Secret Study: When they met at the age of 19, they knew something very strange was going on – they were identical. It took years to uncover the secret psychological experiment, which they were all unknowingly a part of.”

this afternoon (monday 17th), 12.22-12.29pm (repeated 6.22pm and 4.22am), on bbc world service radiooutlook (presented by jo fidgen) includes …

“Gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world, and it’s seen a lot of conflict and a lot of human suffering. But there’s one teenager, Maram Makkawi, who’s been doing her best to help thousands of its stray animals. She’s been speaking to Outlook’s Saskia Edwards about why she does it.”

this afternoon (tuesday 19th), 12.42-12.50pm (repeated 6.42pm), on bbc world service radiooutlook (presented by jo fidgen) includes …

“Yocheved Lerner Miller is a matchmaker for Orthodox Jewish people in New York, who ’s developed a reputation for her unorthodox approach to the job. While many in her line of business turn away those who don’t quite fit in, Yocheved specialises in pairing up those who may otherwise have little hope of ever making a match.”

this afternoon (tuesday 17th), 12.43-12.50pm (repeated 6.43pm), on bbc world service radiooutlook (presented by jo fidgen) includes …

“One Palestinian woman, Diana Babish, has made it her mission to look after stray dogs on the West Bank. Every week she goes to Israel to find homes for the dogs. Our reporter Yolande Knell went to meet her.”

this afternoon (tuesday 24th), 6.33-6.42pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated from 12.33pm)outlook (presented by jo fidgen) includes …

“Henry Orenstein, 94, is an entrepreneur in the US who not only brought the highly successful Transformers toys to the market, but also revolutionised television poker to make it the billion dollar industry it is today.
His early life in Poland was very difficult.”